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1. What was the presentation about? The presentation was about three secrets we need to know about spoken English.
2. Who was the presenter? The presenter was an English teacher named Judy Thompson who teach English as a second language. She said that she loves her job very much.
3. How did he/she introduce the topic? In the beginning, she gave three example words “red”, “head”, “said” to show the audiences English is a tricky language, the letters and sounds don’t go together, which made the topic interesting and attractive.
4. How did the presenter use body language and voice? Give examples. The presenter raised her voice when came to an important point. For example, after she introduced herself, she raised her voice saying “Today I’m going to talk about ……” to start her topic. When she was talking, she looked around to make eye contact with all the audiences. She also stressed on some important points with her hand shaking in front of her.
5. What were your overall impressions of the speaker and the fragment of the presentation you watched? The speaker seemed very confident with her speech. She used plenty of graphics and statistics to support her point. She made her point clearly with a strong opening stating which three secrets she was going to talk, and then explained each of them one by one in detail. The samples she raised were very convincing.
6. Which qualities of the speaker would you want/not want to use in your presentations? Why or why not? The confidence of the speaker, the rhythm of the whole speech, the way she raised samples are the good qualities I would like to use in my presentations.
－Happy May 28 2011
About the speech of “Three Secrets You need to know about spoken English” The speech was given by an English teacher named Judy Thompson. Through her teaching English as a second language, she finds out three secrets about spoken English that trouble non-native English speakers a lot. The first secret is that “English is a stress-based language”. According to Judy, what’s important in English is giving specific qualities to specific syllables. In English, centre syllable is usually pronounced louder, longer and higher. As an English speaker gets his stress right, people will understand him. I realize this is especially important for non-native speakers, because when we speak English, we often pay more attention to our accents and grammars, but ignore the importance of stress. The second secret is “Linking”. The reason of linking is that people always choose the easiest way to speak, which is to alternate consonant and vowel sounds. Judy gave an example to show that native English speakers don’t start words with vowels. But non-native speakers can’t recognize the words they learned with the words they’re hearing. That’s why sometimes they can’t understand native speakers. This is also my problem in understanding English news and movies, especially when the speed of talks is fast. Sometimes I need to play again and again to catch those linking words. But I believe more and more practice will adapt my ears to real English in the future. The last secret mentioned is “Collocations”. Since collocations are fixed and made up with groups of words for no reason, they are the most difficult part for non-native speakers to learn. In order to learn collocations correctly, we non-native speakers need to communicate with native speakers as much as we can to learn real English from them. Although I’ve been learning English for 10 years in China, I couldn’t help learning “Chinglish”. I’m so lucky that I can come to Canada and learn English from native speakers. It is a great chance for me to learn English well. by HappyhxMay 22, 2011 Hi Happy, Thank you for this overview of Judy Thompson's 3 secrets. They are three elements that we don't always think about, stress. linking, and collocations. I once heard a guest speaker with impeccable English except for the fact that some occasional words had the stress in an unusual place in the word ie. PRO/fe/sion/al rather than pro/FE/sion/al It took be several seconds to decipher the word even though the pronunciation was perfect, just the stress was in an unexpected place.
- Keen 26 May 2011
Keen,
I agree with you. Stress is very important, and it's also difficult for non-native speakers. When we find out a new word, we usually need to look it up in the dictionary first, then get to know where the stress is.
TEDtalks
Listen and watch brilliant ideas .... only a few minutes long !
Google TEDtalks. These are big ideas presented in a very short youtube video.
Choose a topic that is of interest to you.
Share the link below and add a few of your thoughts about it.
Teaching English without Teaching English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pZa6R3rmRQ
- Kinetic 5/17
LINGOrank
Powerful talks to improve your English Listening and Vocabulary Skills while learning about interesting topics and having a great time.
2000 talks analyzed for you.
Find the most suitable talks for your English level and learn from them (ranked by speed and difficulty).
http://lingorank.com/talks/
Assignment TT #1: PRESENTATION Reports
Click the speech bubbles to get the instructions and post a copy of your presentation there.Here are some TEDtalks you can check out. - Kamikaze 11/13/14
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4
Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong
http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector?blend=23&ob=5#p/u/0/QleRgTBMX88
TEDxOakville - Judy Thompson - Three Secrets You Need to Know About Judi Thompson: Three secrets you need to know about spoken English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcX2AwH3cG81. What was the presentation about?
The presentation was about three secrets we need to know about spoken English.
2. Who was the presenter?
The presenter was an English teacher named Judy Thompson who teach English as a second language. She said that she loves her job very much.
3. How did he/she introduce the topic?
In the beginning, she gave three example words “red”, “head”, “said” to show the audiences English is a tricky language, the letters and sounds don’t go together, which made the topic interesting and attractive.
4. How did the presenter use body language and voice? Give examples.
The presenter raised her voice when came to an important point. For example, after she introduced herself, she raised her voice saying “Today I’m going to talk about ……” to start her topic.
When she was talking, she looked around to make eye contact with all the audiences. She also stressed on some important points with her hand shaking in front of her.
5. What were your overall impressions of the speaker and the fragment of the presentation you watched?
The speaker seemed very confident with her speech. She used plenty of graphics and statistics to support her point. She made her point clearly with a strong opening stating which three secrets she was going to talk, and then explained each of them one by one in detail. The samples she raised were very convincing.
6. Which qualities of the speaker would you want/not want to use in your presentations? Why or why not?
The confidence of the speaker, the rhythm of the whole speech, the way she raised samples are the good qualities I would like to use in my presentations.
－Happy May 28 2011
About the speech of “Three Secrets You need to know about spoken English”
The speech was given by an English teacher named Judy Thompson. Through her teaching English as a second language, she finds out three secrets about spoken English that trouble non-native English speakers a lot.
The first secret is that “English is a stress-based language”. According to Judy, what’s important in English is giving specific qualities to specific syllables. In English, centre syllable is usually pronounced louder, longer and higher. As an English speaker gets his stress right, people will understand him. I realize this is especially important for non-native speakers, because when we speak English, we often pay more attention to our accents and grammars, but ignore the importance of stress.
The second secret is “Linking”. The reason of linking is that people always choose the easiest way to speak, which is to alternate consonant and vowel sounds. Judy gave an example to show that native English speakers don’t start words with vowels. But non-native speakers can’t recognize the words they learned with the words they’re hearing. That’s why sometimes they can’t understand native speakers. This is also my problem in understanding English news and movies, especially when the speed of talks is fast. Sometimes I need to play again and again to catch those linking words. But I believe more and more practice will adapt my ears to real English in the future.
The last secret mentioned is “Collocations”. Since collocations are fixed and made up with groups of words for no reason, they are the most difficult part for non-native speakers to learn. In order to learn collocations correctly, we non-native speakers need to communicate with native speakers as much as we can to learn real English from them.
Although I’ve been learning English for 10 years in China, I couldn’t help learning “Chinglish”. I’m so lucky that I can come to Canada and learn English from native speakers. It is a great chance for me to learn English well.
by HappyhxMay 22, 2011
Hi Happy,
Thank you for this overview of Judy Thompson's 3 secrets. They are three elements that we don't always think about, stress. linking, and collocations.
I once heard a guest speaker with impeccable English except for the fact that some occasional words had the stress in an unusual place in the word ie. PRO/fe/sion/al rather than pro/FE/sion/al
It took be several seconds to decipher the word even though the pronunciation was perfect, just the stress was in an unexpected place.
- Keen 26 May 2011
Keen,
I agree with you. Stress is very important, and it's also difficult for non-native speakers. When we find out a new word, we usually need to look it up in the dictionary first, then get to know where the stress is.
Happy 26 May 2011